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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 42f9f668109e0e63bfbd83f803f9ea405bfe7490e553e9939f69bef3cbcd17b0
SHA3-384 hash: 656eebf0fd7aa35b0e0167390f7dc620ecc24238a6d06b4a31ca3354a436f5631b2d2e29eca05ee103dfa3c7b07fc750
SHA1 hash: f50476136ae5f79ae61797c0c13ca55cb9a14619
MD5 hash: 4e816efea9c1a77d867f77bc06c1a0b7
humanhash: single-cold-mississippi-bravo
File name:42f9f668109e0e63bfbd83f803f9ea405bfe7490e553e9939f69bef3cbcd17b0
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:128'800 bytes
First seen:2026-10-23 04:37:12 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:lQSRAUw7iZcvhwHEEakOOj492TDVx2WaAkBWzGqAwOhcnoPwxtu4X+:hUwldOdATDaWaAkBWzG7w9nEwq
TLSH T11BC31B8ABC809F11D5D625BAFE1E118D33534BB8E3FA7103DE149B29678AC6B0E37505
Magika elf
Reporter Cyphher
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
52
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Connection attempt
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
DNS request
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
144
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-23T00:10:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-24T18:19:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8e38f2cc-1b00-0000-4ed0-7f19ea090000 pid=2538 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=bcc9ffcf-1b00-0000-4ed0-7f19f0090000 pid=2544 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8e38f2cc-1b00-0000-4ed0-7f19ea090000 pid=2538->guuid=bcc9ffcf-1b00-0000-4ed0-7f19f0090000 pid=2544 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-23 05:16:19 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 38 (65.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (142088) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_0ea505fa
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_8299c877
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 42f9f668109e0e63bfbd83f803f9ea405bfe7490e553e9939f69bef3cbcd17b0

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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